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But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.

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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Happiness Humble Life Reality
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor

But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.

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But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.

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